ABOUT THIS ALBUM

Album Notes

Jay Jesse Johnson's new album, "Down The Hard Road" is an exuberant blues rock testament full of blistering guitars and soulful songwriting. Johnson and his band deliver the goods. A musical powerhouse featuring Reed Bogart on bass, Jeff Smokey Donaldson on drums and Lee Evans on hammond B-3.

Johnson has been featured with Robert Cray, Canned Heat and Joe Bonamassa in The Blues Magazine’s cover CD, “The Next Generation Of Blues Superstars," as well Classic Rock Magazine’s CD “Blues Breakers” (The Hottest In New Blues Rock.)

Along with the many recordings that Jay Jesse Johnson has appeared on, his 1st solo album “Strange Imagination”, released in 2004, set the stage for his back to the roots, blues/rock ascent. It was followed by “I’ve Got An Axe To Grind” that featured Charlie Huhn on vocals (Foghat/Gary Moore).

In 2009, Johnson's third solo album, “Play That Damn Guitar” was released on Grooveyard Records and in 2012, Johnson was signed to Mike Varney’s Shrapnel Records/Blues Bureau International with the release of “Run With The Wolf”.